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SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN FELLOWSHIPS 
'"^ IN FRENCH UNIVERSITIES 



PURPOSE 

CONDITION OF AWARDS 

DRAFT BY-LAWS 



New York, igi^ 



Society for American Fellowships in French Universities 



Charles A. Coffin, Acting Chairman 
Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Treasurer 



TRUSTEES 



Mr. C. W. Ames, St. Paul 

Mr. George F. Baker, Jr., New York 

Mr. Robert S. Broo'kings, St. Louis 

Mr. Charles A. Coffin, New York 

Mr. Paul D. Cravath, New York 

Mr. J. V. Farwell, Chicago 

Mr. Charles P. Fenner, New Orleans 

Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland 

Major Henry L. Higginson, Boston 

M. Emile Hovelaque, Paris 



Dr. Alexander C. Humphreys, New York 

Mr. Charles L. Hutchinson, Chicago 

Mr. Samuel Mather, Cleveland 

Hon. a. J. Montague, Richmond, Va. 

Mr. Dwight W. Morrow, New York 

Mr. Henry J. Patten, Chicago 

Mr. George Wharton Pepper, Philadelphia 

M. Petit-Dutaillis, Paris 

Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, New York 

M. Edward Tuck, Paris 



ADVISORY BOARD 
Prof. Raymond Weeks, Chairman 

Prof. Earle B. Babcock, New York University 

Dr. Arthur D. Bevan, Chicago University 

Prof. Rollo W. Brown, Wabash College 

Dr. Frederic E. Farrington, Chevy Chase School 

Prof. James W. Garner, University of Illinois 

Prof. James Geddes, Jr., Boston University 

Prof. C. H. Grandgent, Harvard University 

Prof. Geo. E. Hale, Carnegie Institute, Washington 

M. Marcel Knecht, French High Commission 

Prof. Charles B. Vibbert, University of Michigan 

Prof. Raymond Weeks, Columbia University 

Dean John H. Wigmore, Northwestern University of Chicago 

Dr. I. L. Kandel, 

Executive Secretary, 

576 Fifth Avepue, New York City 



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^ Society for American Fellowships in French Universities 

'^. PURPOSE 

p^' The Society for American Fellowships in French Universities has 

been organized by friends of French science and learning to assist in 
establishing, in its proper place of eminence in the mind of the American 
public, the standing and repute of French scholarship. It has long been 
felt that advanced students have not availed themselves of the great 
advantages offered in every field of study by the French universities 
partly because these have not sufficiently been brought to their atten- 
tion and partly through ignorance of the fact that during the last 
twenty years most of the French universities have instituted advanced 
degrees, distinguished from degrees granted by the state to French 
citizens of French training, accessible to properly qualified students 
from foreign countries. 

In order to readjust the true balance, which, for various reasons 
has long existed in this country in favor of the German universities, it 
is proposed to encourage the development of a body of university 
scholars who by personal acquaintance with French achievements will 
be in a position to restore in all branches of American public opinion 
the just status of French science and learning and a better appreciation 
of the place of France in the leadership of the world. General attention 
has already been called to the opportunities afforded in the French 
universities in all branches of learning in "Science and Learning in > ^ 
France," issued in 1917 with the collaboration of one hundred American ^^ 
scholars by the Society for American Fellowships in French Universi- ^ 
ties.* 

The Society has been formed primarily to direct a stream of 
American students to the French universities by the award of a number 
of fellowships each year. While it is planned by this direct method to 
secure among American scholars a better appreciation of the contribu- 
tions of the French universities to science and learning, the more 
important result that the Society hopes to attain is that those peoples 
of the world who cherish the same ideals of democracy, justice and 
liberty will come to know each other better, to understand and appre- 
ciate more fully each other's character and aims, to seek larger benefits 
from each other's labors and achievements in various fields of human 
activity, and more and more to cooperate in the realization of their 
common hopes and ambitions. 

The French people, during the war, won our warm admiration for 
their spirit, their devotion to high ideals, their strength of character 
and their efficiency; and the American people should know them better 

'Copies of this book were in 1917 sent to the libraries of every college in the United States. 



in the future, should strengthen the bonds of friendship between the 
two nations, and increase their cooperation in the advancement of 
civilization according to their common ideals. 

Full information is given in "Science and Learning" of the rich 
opportunities afforded to American students in every field of study and 
research. The graduate of an American college who desires to proceed 
to an advanced degree, will find a French university degree, equivalent 
in standing to the Ph.D. of a German or of an American university and 
declared by the French education authorities to have the same scientific 
and academic value as the state doctorate {doctor at de Vetat), can now 
be obtained in all of the faculties of the University of Paris and in all 
of the other fifteen French universities, while opportunities for study 
in the specialized national and independent institutions are also avail- 
able to him. The degrees, diplomas and certificates, established and 
granted by each of the French universities to properly qualified foreign 
students are to be distinguished from the state degrees, diplomas and 
certificates, which, generally speaking, are accessible only to students 
holding the preceding or lower degree from a French university. The 
degrees, diplomas and certificates conferred by the universities them- 
selves, and in their own name, serve to attest studies pursued for which 
the State has created no formal approval; or again they put upon the 
same studies as those pursued for the corresponding degrees of the state 
a stamp of equal value but not conferring the right to practice in 
France the professions for which the possession of the latter is required. 
The requirements for the various doctorates vary somewhat in each 
field of study and in each of the universities but in general the term of 
study is from one to two years. Students who do not desire to proceed 
to a degree but who wish to receive credit for work pursued in the 
French universities may obtain, provided that they are regularly 
matriculated, certificates of assiduity {certificats d'assiduite), in various 
forms adapted to the various courses of study. 

The Society for American Fellowships in French Universities is 
prepared to initiate the movement of American students to French 
universities in order to promote a better understanding of these oppor- 
tunities and to perpetuate the friendly relations now existing between 
the two countries by the award, on the basis of national competition, 
each year of a limited number of fellowships to competent graduates 
of American universities. The method of selecting candidates and the 
duration and value of the fellowships are set forth in the following 
pages. Announcements will be made from time to time of the number 
and fields of study in which fellowships will be offered each year. 



ORGANIZATION 

The Society is administered by a self-perpetuating Board of 
Trustees consisting of nineteen members and an Executive Committee 
of five members, one of whom is the chairman of the Board of Trustees. 
The Trustees are charged with the management of the affairs of the 
Society, and the care and disbursement of moneys. The members of 
the Board represent the fields of commerce and industry, philanthropy, 
the diplomatic service, university administration, and the French 
Ministry of Public Instruction. All are interested in the promotion 
of friendly relations between this country and France built upon the 
foundations of the last few years and continued by the sending of selected 
American students to French Universities. 

The nomination and selection of holders of fellowships will be in 
the hands of an Advisory Board of not more than twelve members 
appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees from the ranks of 
university professors for three year terms, except that in the first Board 
some members shall hold office for one year, some for two and some for 
three years. The Chairman of the Advisory Board will each year 
appoint three members of the Board to serve as a Nominations 
Committee to make the preliminary selection of candidates for 
fellowships as soon as possible after the date fixed for the receipt of 
applications. 

The nominations for the award of fellowships will be based on the 
recommendations of Referee Committees appointed by the Chairman 
of the Advisory Board each year in each of the fields of sciences in which 
awards are to be made. 

The final awards will be made by the Board of Trustees on the 
nomination and recommendation of the Advisory Board. 

THE FELLOWSHIPS 

It is expected that as many as twenty-five fellowships, distributed 
among the various fields of science, will be awarded each year. The 
fields of science will be those listed in the volume on Science and Learn- 
ing in France, pages XI and XII. One fellowship will be awarded in 
each field, but where the number of candidates in one or more fields of 
science is proportionately large, two fellowships may be granted. A 
fellowship will be of the value of ^looo a year and will be awarded for 
two years, unless a shorter period is specified or unless cancelled for non- 
observance of the conditions. 

Payments will be made in advance in three instalments per year: 
The first payment of ^400 w ill be made in June of each year on exhibition 
of the certificate of award and a steamer passage to France; the second 



and third instalments will be ^300 each, payable by draft on January ist 
and April ist ensuing. Payments for the second year will be made by 
draft in the same amounts and on the same dates. 

QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS 

Applicants, men or women, must be citizens of the United States 
(whether by birth, by naturalization, or by marriage) or of one of the 
United States possessions, and at least twenty years of age. A small 
number of awards may, however, be made in each year to mature 
persons who have served as university professors and who desire to 
spend a year's leave of absence in systematic research in a French 
university. 

Applicants must be graduates of a college requiring four years of 
study for a degree, based on fourteen units of high school work ; 

or, 
graduates of a professional school requiring three years of study for a 
degree ; 

or, 
if not qualified in either of these ways, must be twenty-four years of age 
and have spent five years in an industrial establishment in work 
requiring high technical skill. 

Applicants must be of good moral character and intellectual 
ability, and must have a practical ability to use French books, both 
in general subjects and in their special fields. 

APPLICATIONS 

Documents Required 

Applications must be made not later than January ist of the year in 
which awards are to be made, on the form furnished by the Chairman 
on request and must be accompanied by: 
(i) A Certificate of Birth, 

The French authorities require that the certificate of birth must be 
signed by some appropriate city or county official and attested 
by the clerk of the nearest superior court under seal of the 
court. If the records are lacking, for the period in question, 
the certificate must so state, and the applicant must furnish 
an affidavit of the date and place of his birth, signed and 
sworn to by two persons, one of whom must be his parent if 
living. 
(2) A Certificate of Naturalization, if needed. 

The certificate of naturalization must be a certified copy made by 
the court under seal of the court. 



(3) A Certificate of College Studies, 

This must not be a diploma but a statement by the registrar or 
dean (one certificate for each institution) showing the specific 
studies, the general grades attained and the degrees awarded. 
A certificate of practical ability to read French books must be 
furnished by an instructor in the French language. 

(4) A Certificate of Industrial Work, if needed. 

This certificate, stating the dates and nature of the work, must be 
from the responsible official to whose personal knowledge the 
work has been done. 

(5) Testimonials to Moral Character and Intellectual Ability, 
Testimonials must be typewritten or accompanied by a type- 
written copy, and must be addressed "To the Chairman of the 
Advisory Board of the Society for American Fellowships in 
French Universities." Testimonials to moral character and 
intellectual ability should be written with the consideration in 
mind that the repute of American students may depend upon 
their trustworthiness. Testimonials of technical accomplish- 
ments should give ample details. Writers of testimonials 
are advised not to rely upon counteracting over-generous 
testimonials by a private letter to the Board. 

(6) Photograph, 

The photograph, not larger than ten by eight inches over all, must 
have been taken within a year of the application and must bear the 
imprint or signature and address of the photographer and the appli- 
cant's signature. 

Articles and Books 

In addition to the above, applicants may send in a separate package: 

(7) Printed or written articles, theses and books. 

The articles, theses and books, if in manuscript, must be type- 
written and in English; if printed, they may be in any form 
and in either English, French, Italian, Spanish or German. 
They may have been written at any time or place, but any 
written prior to senior college year will hardly be useful for 
the purpose here intended. 

Each article, thesis, or book, must bear for easy identification, a 
white slip pasted on the outside front with the applicant's 
name and the field of science concerned. 

Method of Sending Applications 

The documents accompanying the application must be transmitted, 
by registered mail with request for return receipt, in a single envelope 
not folded, but in a flat package with cardboard packing. The articles. 



theses or books must be sent in a separate package. Each package 
must bear the sender's name and address and must be directed by 

name to _. - , Chairman of the Advisory Board, 

Society for American Fellowships in French Universities. Separate letters 
should be sent notifying the Chairman of the despatch of packages. 

All documents except the appHcation will be returned to the 
unsuccessful candidates after the announcement of the awards. Certi- 
ficates of birth and naturalization will be returned to the successful 
candidates on request before June i. 

Applicants are advised not to file their applications until all the 
required documents can be sent with them. Applications filed at the 
date specified but lacking for sufficient reason, the certificate of birth 
or of naturalization (if needed) will be considered, provided the missing 
document is filed before the final meeting of the Nominations Committee. 

Applicants are requested not to enter into personal communication 
concerning their applications with any member of the Trustees or of 
the Advisory Board except in so far as any of them may be in a position 
to furnish a testimonial based on personal knowledge. Applications 
brought in person will not be received, but a receipt will be signed for 
an application brought by an applicant. 

AWARD OF FELLOWHSIPS 

An applicant to whom an award of a fellowship has been formally 
communicated shall, within thirty days, send to the Chairman of the 
Advisory Board a notification by registered mail, stating his acceptance 
of the award and his intention to use the fellowhsip to proceed to France 
and there pursue the studies in the field designated in the award, subject 
to all the conditions prescribed. 

In case of failure to receive such notification within thirty days 
the award will be cancelled and an alternate designated, who shall then 
signify his acceptance in the same manner as above. The same pro- 
cedure will be followed in case of rejection of the award or of failure to 
proceed to France within the time prescribed, or of notification of with- 
drawal. The award will not be cancelled in case of illness, but payment 
of funds will be postponed for another year or less, an alternate being 
designated as above in place of the original appointee. 

CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD 

Applicants who accept the award of a fellowship will be expected 
to sail to France not later than July ist or preferably earlier in the 
year in which the award is made. 

Fellows, unless already so proficient in the language as to be 
exempted from this requirement by the Chairman of the Advisory 



Board, will be required to devote the first summer to courses at some 
university in spoken French and shall transmit to the Chairman of the 
Advisory Board a certificate of proficiency in the course pursued. 
It is strongly recommended that in such cases the first few months be 
spent in a provincial university, where experience indicates that the 
most rapid progress can be made in learning the language. 

In the first quarter of the academic year following fellows shall 
matriculate at any French university and in each succeeding quarter 
at the same or any other French university and shall transmit records 
of such matriculation to the Chairman of the Advisory Board. 

Fellows will be required to pursue studies in the field of science 
designated in their awards, but will not be held responsible to the 
Trustees or the Advisory Board for taking any specific courses or 
achieving any specific results. They must, however, send to the Chair- 
man of the Advisory Board, not later than May ist of the first year, a 
report of their studies together with any other documents they may 
desire, but always including a sealed letter from at least one instructor 
in the department of their principal studies giving his opinion as to the 
merits of their work and the prospects of future achievement. 

The Chairman on the basis of such documents may then, with the 
advice and consent of the three members of the Nominations Com- 
mittee of that year, decide whether the award shall be renewed. In 
cases of non-renewal, notice of the cancellation of the award will be 
made before June ist. The Committee may then nominate an alternate 
for the remaining year of the Fellowship so cancelled. Fellows will be 
at liberty to spend the second summer in any country or in any mode 
that seems best to them. 

During the second year the fellows shall register at any French 
university or affiliated institution for the whole academic year, but 
will not be responsible during the year to the Trustees or the Advisory 
Board for further evidence of work pursued. Notification of address 
and of progress of work must be made at least quarterly to the Chair- 
man of the Advisory Board and the Chairman of the Trustees. At the 
termination of the second year of university work, fellows shall trans- 
mit to the Chairman of the Advisory Board certified copies of any 
diplomas or certificates of capacity awarded to them by the University 
authorities and also of any essays or books published by them. Notice 
of such distinctions shall be printed and sent out by the Chairman of the 
Advisory Board to the press, colleges and universities. 



BY-LAWS 

of the 

Society for American Fellowships 

in 

French Universities 



BY-LAWS 

1. The Society shall be known as the Society for American Fellowships in 
French Universities. 

2. The persons charged with the management, including the care and dis- 
bursement of moneys, shall be a self-perpetuating body known as Trustees. 

3. The Trustees may select an Executive Committee of five to administer the 
affairs of the Society, subject to regulations adopted beforehand by the Trustees. 
Of the Executive Committee not more than three may be residents of New York 
City or immediate vicinity. 

4. The persons to be delegated with the selection and nomination of holders 
of fellowhsips shall be known as the Advisory Board. 

5. The Advisory Board shall consist of not more than twelve members appoint- 
ed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. 

6. Any regulations adopted by the Trustees, and any change therein, and 
any awards made shall be communicated by the Trustees to the Advisory Board. 

7. An annual statement of the accounts, after January i, 1920, shall be sent 
by the Trustees to each member of the Advisory Board. 

8. Necessary expenses paid out by the Committees for express, printing, 
postage and travel to stated meetings, shall be payable from the Society's funds 
at the direction of the Chairman of the Trustees. 

I. APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEES 
OF ADVISORY BOARD 

Section i — Appointment by Executive Committee. The Executive Committee 
of the Trustees shall appoint the Chairman and the Nominations Committee of the 
Advisory Board. 

Section 2 — Chairman. The Chairman of the Advisory Board shall be 
appointed for three years, and may be re-appointed. 

Section 3 — Nominations Committee, (a) The Nominations Committee shall 
be appointed from the members of the Advisory Board from year to year, and shall 
not be re-appointed, (i) 

(b) It shall consist of three persons, with two alternates to act in case of 
temporary disability of regular members. 

(c) Its members shall be selected with a view to convenience of personal con- 
ference. They may be from the same institution, (2) but not in successive years. 
They shall be from different fields of science. 

(d) They shall be appointed before January ist of each year, beginning with 
1918. 

Section 4^ — Referees. A Referee Committee shall be appointed by the Chair- 
man of the Advisory Board, one from each field of science in which a Fellowship is 
to be awarded. (3) 

In each field the member shall (so far as may be) not be an officer in any 
institution from which the candidates in that field have studied. 

Referees shall be elected from the Advisory Board or from the list of Professors 
published in the handbook of French Graduate Studies. 

(i) Because they are the ones who will have the bulk of tedious work, and cannot be asked to do it 
again, and because annual change will avoid any question of personal influence. 

(2) There is no harm in this, as they do not make the actual nomination; see below. 

(3) Because thus only can be had the best judges of the candidates' qualifications. 



II. MODE OF SELECTION, NOMINATION AND AWARD 

Section i — General Scheme. The general scheme of award shall be as follows: 
Preliminary Selection (by the Nominations Committee), Recommendation (by the 
Referees), Nominations (by the Nominations Committee), Final Award (by the 
Trustees' Executive Committee). 

Section 2 — Preliminary Selection. Upon the expiring of the time set for 
receiving applications, the Nominations Committee shall make prehminary selection 
of the most worthy candidates in each field of science in which a Fellowship is to be 
awarded (see Rule 8). 

The selection shall be made at or after a personal meeting of the Committee. 
The selection shall be made within two weeks after the expiring of the time set 
for receiving applications. 

Section 3 — Same: Number of Selections. The selections in each field of 
science shall be five in number and no more, if that many apply; otherwise shall 
include all applicants. 

Section 4 — Same: Fields of Science. The fields of science shall be divided 
as follows: 

Anthropology Medicine 

Archaeology Physiology 

Archaeology and History of Art Medkinf 

Astronomy Surgery 

Botany and Agriculture Pathology 

Chemistry Philology 

Criminology Classical 

T7J ■ Romance 

J'^"^^*'"" Oriental 

Engineermg Semitic 

Geography English 

Geology Philosophy 

Geology S^^'j", c ■ • , ,- 

Mineralogy and Petrology P^ji^ical Science-including 

5-^ "-^ Economics and International Law 

Palaentology Psychology 

History Religion 

Law Sociology 

Mathematics Zoology 

Section 5 — Same: Transmission of Papers. The Nominations Committee 
shall transmit to the Chairman of the Advisory Board all papers of the applicants 
selected, with a certificate of the name and addresses. 

In each field of science the Chairman shall transmit the papers of the selected 
applicants to the Referees, respectively, as selected by him. 

The Chairman shall file in his own records a memorandum of the respective 
Referees in each field, and of the names of the applicants to each one: "Geology: 
Professor Jones, of Alaska University; to have apphcations by Messrs. Brown, 
Williams, Smith, Robinson, Johnson." 

Copies of the certificate and the memorandum of the Nominations Committee 
and the Chairman shall be transmitted by them respectively to the Chairman of 
the Trustees, but shall not otherwise be disclosed to any one. 



The Nominations Committee shall preserve all papers of applicants not selected, 
for return after the award. 

Section 6 — Recoinmendation. Each Referee shall, after perusal of the appli- 
cants' papers, select for recommendation the most worthy one of the applicants, 
with another as alternate. 

His recommendation shall be transmitted to the Chairman of the Advisory 
Board, together with the papers of the applicants, in the form of a certificate naming 
all the selected applicants, and designating one as " Recommended," and another as 
"Recommended alternately." 

The certificate shall be sent within two weeks after receiving the papers. 

A copy of his certificate shall be sent by him to the Chairman of the Trustees, 
but shall not be disclosed to any one else. 

The certificant shall be at liberty to report that no applicant merits an award, 
or that no alternate merits an award. 

Section 7 — Nomination Meeting. The Nominations Committee shall meet 
again at a time not later than four weeks after their first meeting. 

At that meeting the Chairman of the Board shall have ready for them the 
several certificates of the Referees. 

They shall then proceed to make nominations, regardless of whether or not all 
certificates due shall have been received. 

Section 8 — Same: Fields of Science. Nominations may be made in each 
year for any of the fields of science enumerated in Section 4 above. 

Section 9 — Same: Mode of Nomination. The Nominations Committee shall 
list the certificates received in the several fields, and shall check off those fields in 
which no application or no recommendations were received. 

They shall then proceed to select the most worthy applicants from this list, 
having regard also to desirability of fostering the various fields of science and to any 
other germane considerations. 

They shall vote, by a majority, until they have selected ten nominees. In 
case the number of applicants in one or more fields of science is proportionately 
large, the Committee may nominate two candidates in such field, by selecting the 
alternate named by the Referees. 

Section 10 — Same: Certifying the Nominations. They shall then prepare in 
triplicate a certificate containing all their nominations, and shall forward one copy 
to the Chairman of the Advisory Board, one copy to the Chairman of the Trustees, 
preserving one copy for themselves. 

Section ii — Award. The Chairman of the Advisory Board and the Chair- 
man of the Trustees shall respectively inform each other whether or not the nomina- 
tions were duly made. If they both agree in the affirmative, the Chairman of the 
Advisory Board shall be empowered to notify the successful candidates informally 
that the award is made to them. In case they disagree, or both object to the award, 
the Executive Committee of the Trustees shall make the award. 

Section 12 — Notification of the Award. The formal notification of the award 
shall be made by sending to each successful candidate, by registered mail, an 
engraved certificate, bearing the crest or seal of the Society and the signatures 
of the Chairman of the Trustees and the Chairman of the Advisory Board. 

A press notice of the award shall be published in the following agencies: Asso- 
ciated Press, Nation, Science, School and Society, Bulletin of the American Associa- 
tion of University Professors, and such other journals as shall be desirable. 

A printed notice of the award shall be mailed to every college and university 
listed for the notice of competition (see post. Rule) with the request that it be posted 



upon a public bulletin board; and to all members of the Trustees and the Advisory 
Board of the Foundation. 

Section 13 — Alternates. The Nominations Committee shall include in their 
votes and in their certiiicate the names of all persons recommended as alternates by 
the Recommendations Committee, in the several fields for which nominations are 
made. 

The provisions of Sections 8-12 shall apply to nominations and awards to 
alternates. 

If the principal nominee fails to accept the award, or for any reason fails to sail 
from this country at the time appointed by these rules, or in the interim notifies his 
withdrawal from the award, the alternate shall be entitled to receive the Fellowship. 
The Chairman of the Trustees and the Chairman of the Advisory Board shall 
determine whether one of the above conditions has happened and shall notify the 
alternate not later than August 1st. 

If under Section 9 two nominees for a single field have been selected by the 
Nominations Committee by nominating the alternate recommended, then he shall 
be reckoned as a principal nominee, and there shall be no alternate for that field. 

III. NOTICE OF COMPETITION TO AMERICAN 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 

Section i — Time of Notice. A printed announcement shall be mailed before 
October 31st (October Thirty-first) of each year, containing the Regulations of the 
Trustees and a leaflet notice for posting on a bulletin board, with the names and 
addresses of the Chairman of the Trustees and the Chairman of the Advisory Board, 
and a statement of time within which applications must be made. 

Section 2 — Persons Notified. The announcement shall be sent to all insti- 
tutions in the following list: 

List of Colleges and Universities in the Annual Report of the U. S. Bureau of 
Education; 

Institution of Research; 

List of Agricultural Colleges in ditto; 

University Clubs; 

Selected Press List; 

Selected List of Industrial Establishments; 

List of Trustees and List of Advisory Board of the Society. 

IV. ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES 

Section i — Age, Sex, Citizenship. The applicants must be at least twenty 
years of age. It is understood that in each year a small number of awards may be 
made to mature persons, who have already served as university professors and desire 
to spend a year's leave of absence in systematic research at French universities, and 
must be either a citizen of the United States (whether by birth, by naturalization, 
by parents' naturalization, or by marriage), or a citizen of one of the United States 
possessions, and may be a man or a woman. 

Section 2 — College Education. The applicant must be a graduate of a college 
requiring four years of study for a degree based on fourteen units of high school 
studies, or of a professional school requiring three years of study for a degree. 

Section 3 — Technical Experience. An applicant not thus qualified must be 
twenty-four years of age and must have spent five years in an industrial establish- 
ment in work requiring high technical skill. 



Section ^—Character and Ability. The applicant must be of good moral 
character and intellectual ability. 

Section 5 — French Language. The applicant must have a practical ability to 
use French books, both in general subjects and in his special field. 

V. APPLICATIONS BY CANDIDATES 

Section i~Documenls Needed. An applicant must transmit to the Chairman 
of the Advisory Board the following documents: 

(a) An Application, on the blank form furnished by the Chairman on request. 

(b) Certificate of Birth. 

(c) A Certificate of Naturalization, if needed. 

(d) A Certificate of College Studies. 

(e) A Certificate of Industrial Work, if needed. 

(0 Testimonials to moral character and intellectual ability. 

(g) Photograph. 

(h) Printed or Written Articles, Theses, or Books. 

Section 2 — Mode of Transmission. The first seven of the above must be 
transmitted in a single envelope, not folded, but in a flat package, with cardboard 
backing, by registered mail. 

The eighth must be sent separately, in a single package, by express. 

Each package must bear the sender's name and address, and must be directed 

by name to , Chairman of the Advisory 

Board, Society for American Fellowships in French Universities. 

Section 3 — Application. The application must be made on a blank form hav- 
ing these headings: 

1. My full name is 

2. My address is 

3. My father, or guardian's, name and address are 

4. My father's and my mother's birthplace were 

S- I was born at and herewith enclose a certificate of 

birth (B). 

6. I was naturalized at on , and 

herewith enclose a certified copy (C) of my naturalization record. (If a person was a 
minor and in this country at the date of the father's naturalization, he thereby 

becomes a citizen; for which case, say:) I was years old and living in this 

country on , the date of my father's naturalization. 

7. I attended the following schools for the periods and with the results stated: 

School Place Date Graduated 



8. I attended the following colleges and universities for the periods and with 
the results stated: 

Colleges or Universities Place Date Graduated 



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9- I there pursued the following courses of study, for which I enclose a certi- 
ficate from the registrar (D): 

Year Course of Instruction Instructor 



(An applicant not fulfilling this qualification will submit also a separate letter 
in his own handwriting stating the work done by him and enclosing certificates from 
his superintendent, etc.) 

lo. I enclose testimonials to my moral character, intellectual ability, and 
technical accomplishments, from the following persons (F): 

Name Occupation Address 



11. I enclose a photograph of myself taken by..... at 

within one year past, and bearing my autograph signature (G). 

12. I have written the following theses, essays, or books, representing my 
advanced work: 

Title Typewritten Ms Published When and Where. 



and I send copies herewith by express (H). 

13. The field of science (see Rule II, Sec. 4) in which I apply for a Fellowship 



Section 4 — Certificate of Birth, (i) The certificate of birth must be signed 
by some appropriate city or county official, and then attested by the clerk of the 
nearest superior court under seal of the Court. (Details here to be changed, accord- 
ing to French requirements as later learned.) 

If the records are lacking, for the period in question, the certificate must so 
state, and the applicant must furnish an affidavit of the date and place of his birth 
signed and sworn to by two persons, one of whom must be his parent if living. 

Section 5 — Certificate of Naturalization. (2) The certificate of naturalization 
must be a certified copy by the clerk of the court under seal of the court. 

Section 6 — Certificate of College. Studies. The certificate of studies must be 
not a diploma, but a statement by the registrar or dean (one certificate for each 
institution) showing the specific studies, the general grades attained, and the degree 
awarded. 

A certificate of practical ability to read French books must be furnished by an 
instructor in the French language. 

Section 7 — Certificate of Industrial Work. The certificate of industrial 
work must be from the responsible official to whose personal knowledge the work 
has been done, and must state the dates and nature of the work. 

Section 8 — Testimonials. The testimonials may be as few or as many as 
seem desirable. They will serve as important material for the final decision. They 
must be typewritten, or accompanied by a typewritten copy, and headed, "To the 
Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Society for American Fellowships in 
French Universities." (3) Testimonials to moral character and intellectual ability 
should be written with the consideration that the repute of American character may 



(1) This will be required by the French authorities, so the applicant may as well prepare early. 
The Committee cannot afford to go through the labor of an award and then find that the applicant is not 
quaUfied to make use of the Fellowship. 

(2) Same note as preceding. 

(3) This is to avoid the "To whom it may concern" type of testimonial. 

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depend upon their trustworthiness. Testimonials to technical accomplishments 
should give ample details. Writers of testimonials are advised not to rely upon 
counteracting an over-generous testimonial by a private letter to the Board. 

Section 9 — Photograph. The photograph must be one taken within a year, 
bearing the imprint or signature and address of the photographer and the applicant's 
signature, and not larger than ten by eight inches over all. 

Section 10 — Articles and Books. The articles and books if manuscript must 
be typewritten and in English; if printed they may be in any form and in either 
English, French, Italian, Spanish or German. They may have been composed 
at any time or place; but compositions prior to senior college year will hardly be 
useful. Each one must bear, for easy identification, a pasted white slip on the out- 
side front with the applicant's name and the field of science concerned. 

Section ii — Return of Docurnents. After the award is announced, all docu- 
ments (except the application) will be returned to the unsuccessful candidates; and 
the certificates of birth and naturalization will be returned to the successful candi- 
dates on request before June ist. 

Section 12 — Missing Documents. If an application is filed in due season, but 
lacks the certificate of birth or naturalization (if needed), and a sufficient excuse 
is given, the failure to supply it will not prevent a consideration of the applicant's 
name, provided the missing document is filed before the final meeting of the Nomi- 
nations Committee. 

Applicants are recommended not to file the applications until all the required 
documents can be sent with it. 

Section 13 — Time of Application. Applications must be filed not later than 
January 1st of the year in which the award is to be made. 

The application should be sent by registered mail with request for return 
receipt, and should be covered by a separate letter notifying of the despatch of the 
packages. 

No application brought in person will be received; but a receipt will be signed 
for an application brought by a messenger. 

Section 14 — Communication with the Committees. Applicants are requested 
to make no personal communication concerning the merits of their candidacy to any 
member of the Trustees or the Advisory Board; except so far as any of them may be 
in a position to furnish a testimonial based on personal knowledge. 

VI. PAYMENT OF FUNDS TO HOLDERS 

Section i — Treasurer. The Chairman of the Trustees will act as Treasurer, 
with whom all correspondence concerning payments should be had. 

Section 2 — Instalments. The payments will be made in advance, in three 
instalments per year. 

Section 3 — First Instalment. The first instalment will be $400, payable in 
June and before July 1st in New York City, on exhibition of the certificate of 
award, and a steamer passage ticket to France. 

To enable the Treasurer further to identify the holder of the Fellowship, the 
latter is requested to notify in due season the Chairman of the Advisory Board to 
forward the autographed photograph to the Treasurer. 

Section 4 — Second and Third Instalment. The second and third instalment 
will be $300 each, payable on January 1st and April ist ensuing by draft sent to 
France. 

Section 5 — Second Year. The payments for a second year shall be in the same 
amounts and on the same dates, by draft sent to France. 

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Section 6 — Duration of Fellowship. Each award of Fellowship shall entitle 
the holder to payments for two years as above, unless the original award expressly 
specifies a shorter period, or unless the Fellowship be cancelled for non-observance 
of any essential conditions as provided in Rule VII above; in which case no payment 
shall be due after the one last made before the vote of cancellation, unless the vote of 
cancellation shall otherwise specify. 

VII. RULES TO BE OBSERVED BY HOLDERS. 

Section i — Notice of Acceptance. An applicant to whom an award of a 
Fellowship has been formally communicated as in Rule II, Sec. 12, shall within 30 
days of the date of the communication notify the Chairman of the Advisory Board 
by registered mail, of his acceptance of the award. The letter of acceptance shall 
state that it "is his intention to use the Fellowship, proceed to France, and there 
pursue the studies in the field of science designated, subject to all conditions named 
in these rules. 

Section 2 — Failure to Accept. Failure to receive an acceptance within such 
30 days will authorize the Chairman to cancel the award and to designate the 
alternate, as provided in Rule II, Sec. 13. 

The alternate shall then signify his acceptance in the same manner, subject to 
the same proviso. 

Section 3 — Withdrawal or Non-Appearante. In case of the holder's failure to 
sail from this country at the time limited beljow, or in case of his notification of 
withdrawal in the interim, the Chairman shall alio be empowered to act as in Sec. 3. 

In case of illness supervening and preventing departure, the Chairmen are also 
empowered to act as in Sec. 3, but without cancelling the award and only postponing 
of payment of the funds for another year or less. 

Section 4 — Time of Appearance. The holder shall sail from this country in 
some steamer starting not later than July 1st, and preferably earlier. 

He must arrange with the Chairman of the Trustees for appearance in New 
York City before the sailing date, for identification and payment. 

Section 5 — First Summer; Course in Spoken French. The holder shall spend 
the first summer at some university taking courses in spoken French (i); and shall 
transmit to the Chairman of the Advisory Board a certificate of proficiency in the 
courses taken. 

If a holder is already so proficient in spoken French as not to need the summer 
course designated in this section, the Chairman may dispense with this requirement. 

Section 6 — First Year. The holder shall matriculate for the first (autumn) 
quarter at any. French university, and in each succeeding quarter at the same or any 
other French university; and shall transmit a copy of such matriculation record to 
the Chairman of the Advisory Board. 

He shall not be held responsible to the Trustees or Advisory Board for taking 
any specific courses or achieving any specific results, except as follows: 

(i) His work generally shall concern the field of science in which the Fellow- 
ship was awarded to him; and 

(2) He shall send to the hands of the Chairman of the Advisory Board not 
later than May ist of the first year, a report of his studies, together with any other 
documents he desires, but including indispensably a sealed letter from at least one 



(i) This is absolutely indispensable. Too many students unskilled in the foreign spoken language 
have wasted time over there, to their own chagrin. We cannot afford to let them throw away their first 
year for lack of it. 

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instructor in the department of his principal work, stating an opinion as to the merits 
of his work and the prospect of his future achievement. 

The Chairman, if he decides, in view of these documents, and with the advice 
and consent of all three of the Nominations Committee of that year, that a second 
year would not be desirable, may cancel the award, provided that cable notice is 
sent before June 1st; and the Committee shall then be empowered to nominate any 
alternate for the remaining year of that Fellowship. 

Section 7 — Second Summer. During the second summer, the holder shall be 
at liberty to spend the time in any country or in any mode that seems best to himself. 

Section 8 — Second Year. — During the second year the holder shall register 
at any French university or affiliated institution for the period from October to 
June; but he shall not be responsible to the Trustees or the Advisory Board for 
further demonstration for work done. He is expected, however, to keep the Chair- 
man of the Advisory Board and the Chairman of the Trustees advised at least 
quarterly of his address and of the progress of his work. 

Section 9 — Termination. At the termination of the second year of university 
work he shall transmit to the Chairman of the Advisory Board a certified copy of 
any diploma or certificate of capacity awarded to him by the university authorities, 
and also of any printed essay or book composed by him. 

A printed notice of such distinctions conferred shall be sent out by the Chair- 
man of the Advisory Board in the same manner as provided in Rule II, Sec. 12, 
above. 



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